Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
August 8, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 5, Cleveland Indians 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Hinton rf 5 1 2 1
O'Connell 3b 4 1 1 0
Zipfel 1b 4 0 0 0
Woodling lf 3 1 2 1
  Keough pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Tasby cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 1 2 3
Cottier 2b 4 0 0 0
Daley c 2 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Green c 0 0 0 0
Daniels p 3 0 1 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 0 0
Dillard cf 5 2 2 0
Francona lf 4 1 1 0
Kirkland rf 3 2 1 1
Phillips 3b 3 0 2 1
Romano c 3 0 2 2
Power 1b 3 0 0 0
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Latman p 1 0 0 0
  Bond ph 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 1 1 1
  Hawkins p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 5
Washington 000 210 020 0580
Cleveland 000 010 040 16101
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels   7.2 6 4 4 3 2
  Garcia   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Sisler  L (2-6) 1.1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Latman   5.0 2 3 3 3 4
  Locke   3.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Hawkins  W (6-8) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
4
7

  E–Temple (14).  DP–Washington 2, Cleveland 1.  PB–Green 2 (12).  2B–Washington Woodling 2 (11,off Locke 2); Hinton (7,off Hawkins), Cleveland Dillard (5,off Sisler).  HR–Washington Johnson (2,4th inning off Latman 1 on, 2 out); Hinton (5,5th inning off Latman 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Essegian (9,8th inning off Daniels 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Power (6,off Daniels).  Team–7.  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Locke/Romano).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Sam Carrigan.  T–2:44.  A–5,271.
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